Azawagh Arabs
The Azawagh Arabs (Arabic: عرب أزواغ) (also known as nomadic Moors) are nomadic ethnic Arab-ancestry tribes who are settling mainly in the area of Azawagh which is a dry basin covering what is today northwestern Niger, as well as parts of northeastern Mali and southern Algeria.[1] Azawagh Arabs are named after the Azawagh region of the Sahara[2] and speak Hassaniya Arabic which is one of the regional varieties of Arabic.[3]
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Numbering over 1 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Languages | |
| Hassaniya Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Arabs (Bedouin groups) |
See also
References
- Paris (1995): p. 250.
- For an introduction to the culture of the Azawagh Arabs, see Rebecca Popenoe, Feeding Desire — Fatness, Beauty and Sexuality among a Saharan People. Routledge, London (2003) ISBN 0-415-28096-6
- Popenoe (2003), p. 16-17.
- Bibliography
- Popenoe, Rebecca (2003). Feeding Desire: Fatness, Beauty and Sexuality among a Saharan People. London: Routledge. ISBN 0415280966. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- Paris, François (1995). "L Bassin de I'Azawagh : peuplements et civilisations, du néolithique à l'arrivée de l'islam" (PDF). Milieux, sociétés et archéologues (in French). Karthala. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
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